Discovery Channel

• Filthy Cities premiered last April 16, hosted by Don Wildman. Filthy Cities explores the past of major cities. Using CGI technology, the show recreates what major cities would have looked like in the past.

Bravo

• Platinum Hit premieres on May 30. The newest music competition series, with host Jewel and host judge, Kara DioGuardi, follows 12 aspiring musicians through songwriting challenges in the hopes of winning a $100,000 prize, a publishing deal with Sony and a recording agreement with RCA/Jive.

Create TV

• Premiering May 23, Music Voyager travels the world in search for the best in world music with host, cultural musician, ethnomusicologist and music critic, Jacob Edgar.

The Style Network

• Clean House comes to New York and a new host and clean-up crew will clean up the messiest house in New York. New episodes will premiere in October.
• Big Rich Texas premieres this July about the elite Dallas social scene, the ultra-competitive mothers and their ultra-spoiled daughters.
• Glam Fairy is a spin-off of the Jerseylicious series and follows energetic make-up artist, Alexa Prisco, as she handles her own business, The Glam Factory.
• How Do I Look? with host Jeannie Mai, hunts the entire country for the worst fashion disasters and the winner wins a trip to Hollywood for the ultimate makeover. Series premieres in September.

Travel Channel

• Triple Rush debuted last April 14 on the Travel Channel about how bike messengers operate in New York City. Follow the bike messengers of a large corporation, a family-run business and private four-man company.

Food Network

• Eat St. premiered last April 12 and has host James Cunningham exploring the world of street food.
• Unique Sweets premieres April 24 and visits unique US eateries for the most delectable dessert.
• The Originals With Emeril pays tribute to historical eateries, with Chef Emeril Lagasse traveling to different cities and visiting three historic and original restaurants. The show premieres on May 5.
• Hook, Line and Dinner has foodie and expert fisherman Ben Sargent on the road to visit the best clam shacks, lobster pounds, chowder pots and delectable seafoods along the coast. The show premieres June 7.

Man v Food

Premiering on June 6, Adam Richman is back to the take on the most extreme food challenges in the entire US. See him battle pounds and pounds of meat, gallons and gallons of drinks, high degrees of spiciness and the most extreme of the extremest food challenges ever invented. Can you handle it?

Premieres June 16, 9p E/P, Travel Channel

Bert the Conqueror

Bert Kreischer is determined to visit the most dangerous and insane high-thrill rides and adventures in America. Join Bert in Cedar Point Amusement Center in Sandusky, Ohio as he takes on the Fearsome Foursome Challenge – riding 4 of the world’s tallest and fastest rollercoasters in less than 1 hour. Or join him in Utah for the Wicked coaster, which rockets 143 feet skyward with only a full-body harness, much like a human slingshot.

Wednesdays, 10e/p

Dhani Tackles The Globe

NFL lineback Dhani Jones takes on a global sport odyssey and visits different cities and uses sports to talk to the people. He’s been to South Africa to play soccer, Jamaica to play cricket, Brazil for some beach volleyball, Italy for cycling, Croatia for water polo and Scotland for the annual Highland games. Be sure to join him in other cities for more sports adventures.

Mondays, 11e/p

How about that? You’ll be able to travel the world this summer without leaving your house. Where else do you want to go?

At the end of the season, the “winners” go to LA, where they compete once again to find the worst driver in America.

The show premieres on March 14, Sunday, 10p E/P, in San Francisco, CA.

Meet the Drivers

Deborah and Becca are the mother/daughter team. Becca, the daughter, thinks she’s the better driver. First of all, she doesn’t space out when she drives. She doesn’t mistake the accelerator for the brakes and drive through the garage door. But Deborah has done all of these, and Becca is convinced she’s the worst driver in America.

Matt and Eli are best friends, and Eli is scared to be in the same car with Matt when he’s driving. Matt doesn’t pay close attention to the road, never signals, never checks his blind spot. He’s hit 20 parked cars.

Kevin and Kyle are twins brothers. Kevin is a truck driver, and Kyle is an independent contractor. Kevin thinks he’s the better driver, since he does it for a living and always dishes out tips and advice to Kyle to improve his driving.

Kelly and Brian are siblings born and raised in San Francisco. Kelly is always scared for her life when in Brian’s car. When in the car, Brian becomes another persona, a meaner and angrier one. He gets terrible road rage, and his passengers always fear for their lives. Brian is aware of this but can’t seem to find a way to control it.

These four drivers will get a chance to battle out who is the worst driver among them. Tune in on March 14 to find out who’s going to be named Worst Driver of San Francisco.

Man v Food

Adam Richman is passionate about food, which makes him the perfect host for Man v Food. He travels from city to city all over the US to take on food challenges everywhere. He’s battled the hottest curry in New York, the hottest ramen in Los Angeles, the 11-lb. Carnivore Pizza Challenge in Atlanta, the Big Badass 6-lb burrito challenge in Las Vegas, the Acme Oyster House 180 oyster challenge and the Firebrand Chili Challenge in Springfield, among others. He ‘s lost some fights but triumphed over others. Few people can and will attempt what Adam Richman is doing for Man v Food. Just last season, at the finale, he challenged himself to finish a 48-oz steak in just 20 minutes. Crazy? You gotta be to even try any of these challenges.

Man v Food, Wednesday, 10p E/P

Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern

Traveling to different places all over the world, Andrew Zimmern not only tries the local cuisine, he also tries the city’s most bizarre dishes, no matter how eccentric or gross they can be. He’s discovered banana beer and cow’s blood in Tanzania, eaten termites in Uganda, tried pickled bull’s heart in St. Petersburg, sampled seven courses of snake in Vietnam, relaxed in a beer spa in Germany and ate an 18-day old duck embryo, in the Philippines. He’ll try anything at least once and will go back for seconds (or thirds) if he likes it. Have you got the courage to try and eat the bizarre and unfamiliar?

Bizarre Foods, Tuesdays, 10p E/P

Samantha Brown

Samantha Brown has hosted so many shows on the Travel Channel. She has gone from showing us great vacation homes to the best beaches to great cruises to Latin America to Europe and to great weekends. And now, she’s back to give us more info on where to go for great weekend getaways.

Samantha Brown, Premieres Sat, May 8

So, what’s your favorite Travel Channel show?